Essay 1-03a: Joint movie comparisos

This essay is about Robin Hood. There are many versions in this movie.

At first, let's watch the movie in Disney version. Robin Hood is a 1973 American animated film produced by the Walt Disney Productions, and its first release is in the United States on November 8, 1973. The 21st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the film is based on the legend of Robin Hood, but uses anthropomorphic animals instead of people.

The stage is animal world in England. Robin Hood lives as thief in Sherwood Forest. He was loved by everyone because he extorts money from nobleman, divides and gives money to everyone. One day, Prince John picks up unfair tax from poor people. Robin Hood decided to call back King Richard with Little John and Friar Tuck etc... They are Robin Hood’s fellow. People suffered for despotism because they are taxed heavily from Prince John. He takes advantage of King Richard's absence to have everything his way. Robin was a master of the bows. Finally, Robin and his fellows have it out of Prince John, and Robin get married to Marian.

It is easier to watch and understand than original version, so children can understand and enjoy it. It is good for children education. Roughly speaking, main person of Robin Hood is replaced fox in this movie. Other people are replaced many animals too, for example, Little John of Robin Hood's best partner is bear, Maid Marian of heroine is vixen and Prince John of bad prince is lion. It is fantasy, but they are cute. Skippy who longs to be like a Robin Hood is popular character. He is rabbit in this movie. It is very cute because it is small and his voice is very cute too.

Also it is good combination of soundtrack in this movie. It is rhythmical and exciting. There are 7 soundtracks in this movie.

1.      "Whistle-Stop" written and sung by Roger Miller

2.      "Oo De Lally" written and sung by Roger Miller as Alan-a-Dale the rooster.

3.      "Love" written by Floyd Huddleston and George Bruns, and sung by Nancy Adams.

4.      "The Phony King of England" written by Johnny Mercer and sung by Phil Harris,

5.      "The Phony King of England Reprise" sung by Terry-Thomas and Pat Buttram.

6.      "Not In Nottingham" written and sung by Roger Miller

7.      "Love Goes On/Oo-De-Lally Reprise" sung by Chorus.

These soundtracks are very good! Please listen to these soundtracks someday!

Next, let’s watch the movie in original version. "Robin Hood" (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) is the American film of 1991. It is drama of depicting the legendary hero Robin Hood medieval England. It received 64th Annual Academy Awards Best Original Song Nomination and the 12th Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Best Actor Award. So it is very famous movie in the world. Its director is Kevin Reynolds. Starring Morgan Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby" and Kevin Costner in "Dances with Wolves".

When Robin (Kevin Costner) came back to his hometown from the expedition of the Crusades in the late 12th century, his father was gone. He was killed by George of Nottingham prince who wants to strengthen his control. Not only that, Nottingham prince (Alan Rickman) oppressed people. Robin knew its fact and he decided to fight to save people from Nottingham prince with his fellow.

It is more difficult to understand than Disney version. There are many themes in this movie. For example, war, immigration, religion, discrimination and love. Many people were killed in this movie, so it was terrible. Robin Hood overcomes his many troubles. Finally, he gets married to Marian. Its scene is best scene. It is romantic, so the end is happy. Robin Hood is cool, of course, his action is cool too! In addition to, actor (Kevin Costner) is very handsome! Maybe many people will be attracted by his looks. His looks is one of the another charm in this movie. He is famous actor in the US. He fought bravely in this movie. Also he is expert archer.

Let’s watch the Robin Hood movie version in 2010. The story was made in America and The UK. The story is relative history. The story is set in the age of the Crusades. So you will interest. The story is very interesting. Because there are love and be kindness in the story. The actor and the actress had be awarded a prize an Academy Award in the movie.

The character is Robert and Mary and Richard. The story is Robert save England. Robert met difficulty. He can overcome difficulty because he is good at archery. He is kind and honest person. The Richard king is foolish because he breaks his promise with nation. Mary loves the spot and she is strong. Robert pretend Mary’s husband. If Robert should it, Mary doesn’t defend her hometown.

The movie may don’t understand at first. But you will understand to watch to the very end. And you will very interest. Robert is strong. If you watch to think, you will interest powerful in this movie. This movie is wonderful scene particularly. The hero and the heroine of the movie is strong and cool. It is the highlight of a film. The credits roll of movie is beautiful. So you will watch credits roll by all mean when you watch this movie.

Lastly, let’s watch the latest version. Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse is a 2012 animated direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry, and produced by Warner Bros. Its director is Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone, and producer is them. Its release date is October 2, 2012. Its running time is 58 minutes. Its country is United States, of course, its language is English.

This movie is very good. Perhaps, this is the most interesting version. In this movie, Robin Hood is like Peter Pan, and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham is like Captain Hook. Tom and Jerry is always battling, but this time they helped King Richard in cooperation. It’s very good. Tom and Jerry are always cute, and Robin Hood and his merry men are cool. Maid Marian is strong woman and cute too.
 

This movie is good movie. Especially, Disney version is easier to understand than original version. If you watch for the first time, please watch Disney version at first. If you haven't watched yet, please watch someday! Tom and Jerry version is good too.

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Robin Hood quickpost

Nonoka, Minori, Kaya and I are going to compare the film versions of Robing Hood produced by Wolfgang Reitherman (1973), Kevin Rrynolds (1991) and Ridley Scott (2010). We chose those versions because we wanted to find a difference between old one and new one. 

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BR 1-15: The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories

"How can I buy a special Christmas gift for Jim with $1.87? What am I going to do?." (Henry, 2000, p.1)

O. Henry's short stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma... Money and love are often problems and you never know how a story is going to finish! People always remember his writing.

This story is written by O. Henry. O. Henry was William Sydney Porter, a famous short-story writer from the United States, so it is written in American English.
This is in the Penguin Readers Beginner, and its YL is 1.2, so it is written 4400 words (about 25 pages). 

I chose this book because I wanted to read more difficult book. My book review is 15th, so I challenged to read it. There are 5 short stories and various levels. I could read some stories easily, but the other stories were difficult to read.  However, these stories are interesting, and I recommend you to read this book.

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Henry, O. (2000). The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories. Essex, England: Penguin.

BR 1-14: The Phone Rings

"Ben, you're in love!." (Andrew, 2001, p.1)

Ben likes Lauren. He wants to talk to her. His friends, Mike and Lucy, help him. They follow Lauren, then they call Ben on the phone!

This story is retold by Andrew Matthews. 
This is in the Penguin Readers Beginner, and its YL is 1.0, so it is written 1900 words (about 15 pages). 
It is written in British English.

By the way, Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. They are published at seven levels from Easystars (200 words) to Advanced (3000 words). 

This story is interesting, and I recommend you to read this book.

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Matthews, Andrew. (2001). The Phone Rings. Essex, England: Penguin.

BR 1-13: The Missing Coins

"And he's playing in the wrong street. The tourists are near the Abbey." (Escott, 2006, p.3)

Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive.
Later that day some coins are missing from the shop and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete...

This story is retold by John Escott.
This is in the Penguin Readers Beginner. Its YL is 1.0, so it is written 1300 words (about 14 pages). This story is exciting and good, and I recommend you to read this book.

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Escott John. (2000). The missing coins. Essex, England: Penguin.

Robin Hood

Today I watched "Robin Hood" at AV corner. I watched it for the first time, and it was good story. There are many animal characters. I like animals, so it was a lot of fun. This story made me happy. Back ground music is good too. These songs made me happy too.

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 Wolfgang Reitherman, (Producer), (Director), (1973). Robin Hood. United States: Buena Vista Distribution

Week 15-Vacation plans

I would like to write about vacation plans. This summer, I want to go to Hiroshima, Fukushima and Tokyo. My cousin’s family lives in Hiroshima, so I want to go there to see them. My grandmother lives in Fukushima now, so I want to go there with my cousin to see her. In addition, I really want to go to Tokyo, especially Tokyo Disney Resort. This year is happiness year in TDL. I have never been there, and I really want to go there. Summer vacation is long, and I want to have good time. I want to study abroad, and I will study hard, especially listening and speaking in this summer. Also, I want to improve my cooking skill, and I will try to cook. I'm looking forward to summer vacation!

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BR 1-12: The Pearl Girl

""It's beautiful", Kate says" (Rabley, 2008, p.2)

Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with here mother and father. 
One evening she goes into a museum with the guard, Paul Van Dyck to find her father's passport, but suddenly there are two men in a room. 

They are taking a very famous picture..."Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring."
What can Kate do? What will happen to her?

This story is retold by Stephen Rabley. 
This is in the Penguin Readers Easystarts. Its YL is 0.8, so it is written 949 words (about 14 pages). This story is exciting and good, and I recommend you to read this book. 

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Rabley, Stephen. (2008). The Pearl Girl. Essex, England: Penguin.

Week 14-About blogging

I would like to write about blogging. This year, I wrote a blog more than last year. It was hard for me to write a blog in English, but I became able to write about many topics. For me, it is a lot of fun to write a blog and read my friends’ blog. My friends sometimes read my blog, and give me some comments. It made me happy, so when I read my friends blog, I try to leave a comment. In my blog, I’ve used many graphics. To tell the truth, my computer broke, and my memorable graphics disappeared. However, I’ve used my favorite graphics, so only my favorite graphics weren't disappeared. It was really good!

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BR 1-11: The Fireboy

"But from today, the two of you work only for me."(Rabley, 1991, p.15)

This is the story of Hapu. He lives in Ancient Egypt at the time of Queen Cleopatra.
His father, Bak, has a small factory. They are poor people. They need to make money.
One day Bak stops work.
"What is it, father?" Hapu asks. "Is something wrong?"
"I don't know," Bak answers. He closes his eyes.
"It's my head. I can't..." And then he falls on the ground.
"Father!" Hapu runs to Bak and puts one hand under his head.
Will Hapu able to pay for a doctor to visit father?

This story is retold by Stephen Rabley. This is in the Penguin Readers Easystarts. Its YL is 0.8, so it is written 900 words (about 15 pages).
This story is good, and I recommend you to read this book.

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Rabley, Stephen. (1989). The Fireboy. Essex, England: Penguin.

Week 13-Your own topic

Today I would like to write about my brother. As I said the other day, I have a younger sister and a younger brother, and I would like to write about my brother today. He is Yasuhisa, and his nickname is Yasu. He is 16-years-old, and his birthday is February 26. He is a high school student, and he get to school by bicycle. It takes about 20 minutes to get to school. He joins the volleyball club. When he was an elementary school student, he joined the basketball club, but he changed his club. Since then, he plays volleyball every day. He eats toooooooooo much. I'm surprised every day... and, he isn't good at getting early, so he usually oversleeps and go to school quickly. Morning time for him is too important!

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What I have learned

In this class, I have learned many things, for example, writing skills, computer skills, and so on. For the first time, I couldn't understand what Mr. Beaufait said, and I couldn't do what he wanted. However, he, assistants and classmate usually helped me, and I became able to write about various things in English. At first, it was hard for me to write long essays, but I became able to write long essays now. We have had much homework in this class, but I did my best, and I became able to write about various things and long essays in English.  

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BR 1-10: Flying Home

"I want to be with my family again"(Rabley, 1998, p.3)

Felix the parakeet is miserable in his cage in a New York apartment. He manages to escape and starts flying south. His hope is to go back to the Brazilian rainforest. Will he find his home again?

Felix is a blue and yellow bird form Brazil. He lives with the Baxter family in New York. His home is a big cage. It is on the fortieth floor of a tall building.
Felix likes the Baxters, and the Baxters like him. They give him food. They talk to him and show him to all their friends. But Felix is not happy. He wants to go home to Brazil!
Will he find his home again?

This story is retold by Stephen Rabley. This is in the Penguin Readers Easystarts. Its YL (Yomiyasusa level) is 0.8, so it is written 1000 words (about 15 pages).
This story is interesting, and pictures in this book are very beautiful! I like them.
I recommend you to read this book. Let's challenge.

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Rabley, Stephen. (1998). Flying home. Essex, England: Penguin.

Week 12-Your own topic

Today I would like to write about my sister. I have a younger sister and a younger brother, and I write about my sister. She is Hanae, and she is 17-years-old now. Her birthday June 26, and she will be 18-years-old soon. When she was an elementary and junior high school student, she played volleyball, and when she was eighth grader, she was a captain and attacker. She was good at volleyball, but one day she was broken her foot and she couldn't do her best in her last game. My family was very sad, of course, she was sad too. After graduating from junior high school student, she went to a high school, but she quit it at soon. After that, she worked at bakery while studying at home. Now she is studying to Korea, and she will come back next month. She is very funny, and she was loved by everyone!  

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Week 11-About my keitai

From now on, I write about my keitai. My cell phone is iPhone4S. I began to use it after graduating from my old high school. I got my cell phone when I entered high school, so my iPhone is my second cell phone. It is so useful, and I use it every day. My iPhone cover is so cute. The other day, I bought it by Inter net. When I found it, I became to be happy. It is written Mickey and Minnie :)) My iPhone is white. Screen home of it is TOY STORY3's picture. Anyway, my keitai, iPhone is very cute, useful and easy to use!

 

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Week 10-Using the computers

I would like to write about using the computer. Maybe I began to use the computer when I was a fifth grader in elementary school. I contacted my best friend by email. After entering junior high school, some of my friends had their cell phones, and I didn’t have it and contacted them by email. I practiced typing every day, so I'm good at typing now. Using computer is very useful, but there are some bad points. Especially, I sometimes spend too much time with internet surfing by computer, also iPhone. My computer is broken now, so I use my father's computer, but it’s too slow... Computers in university are very good I think. They are easy to use!

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What is it?

                                

Guess what! What do you think is this?

Strawberry shortcake? I thought so, too. In fact, it is handmade soap. i was surprized! Yesterday my father gave it to me. My father runs a law office, and he has a friend whose major is the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. While working, she came to make a soap and made it! haha Her soap is good. I used it this morning. :))

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